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English
Wikipedia has an article on: Lede (news)Alternative spellings
Etymology
Mid-20th century neologism from a deliberate misspelling of lead (reverting to its archaic, phonetic spelling – cf. Middle English below), intended to avoid confusion with its homograph meaning a strip of type metal used for positioning type in the frame.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular lede |
Plural ledes |
lede (plural ledes)
- (US, journalism, slang) The introductory paragraph(s) of a newspaper or other article. (Usage is “customary in many editorial rooms”.) This section does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wiktionary verify this information by introducing appropriate citations.
Quotations
- For examples of the use of this word see: Citations
Usage notes
Usage seems mostly confined to the U.S.[2] Journalistic usage noted as “sometimes spelled” in 1959, “often spelled” in 1969, and asserted in the 1979 reprint of a 1974 book (cf. Citations page below). Jargon not listed in regular dictionaries.[3][1]
Derived terms
terms derived from lede (noun)
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References
- William Safire (1990), "On Language; (HED) Folo My Lede (UNHED)", New York Times, November 18, 1990, Nytimes.com
- WOTD (2000), "The Maven's Word of the Day: lede", November 28, 2000, www.randomhouse.com
- Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WOTD 2000
- ^ Current citations are from U.S. sources. The only occurence found in 2008 on The Guardian website is made by the “editor of Guardian America”, saying “The lede (as we spell it) story in today’s NYT is ...” on his op/ed blog. Other occurences on .co.uk sites all quote the lead/lede Wikipedia articles.
- ^ Safire 1990: "You will not find this spelling in dictionaries; it is still an insiders' variant, steadily growing in frequency of use. [...] Will lede break out of its insider status and find its way into general use? [...] To suggest this is becoming standard would be misledeing"
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /leːdə/, [ˈleːðə]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leiða.
Noun
lede c. (singular definite leden, not used in plural form)
Antonyms
Etymology 2
See led (“‘disgusting’”).
Adjective
lede
Etymology 3
From Old Norse leiða (“‘to lead’”).
Verb
lede (imperative led, present leder, past ledede or ledte, past participle ledet or ledt, present participle ledende)
Etymology 4
From Old Norse leita (“‘seek, search’”)
Verb
lede (imperative led, infinitive at lede, present tense leder, past tense ledte, past participle har ledt)
Italian
Verb
lede
- third-person singular indicative present of ledere
Middle English
Noun
lede
- Middle English variant of leod, leed "person; nation; people"
- Middle English variant of lead, in both senses and pronunciations.
Verb
lede
- Middle English variant of lead, in both senses and pronunciations.
Norwegian
Verb
lede (present tense leder; past tense leda/ledet; past participle leda/ledet; present participle ledende; imperative led)
- To lead
Swedish
Etymology
From a nounal use of the adjective led in the more original synonym “den lede frestaren” (the evil tempter)
Noun
den lede
- the evil one, the loathsome or disgusting one; the devil, Satan
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By Robert Mackey
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42:36 GM
Updates on the shooting rampage on Thursday by an Army psychiatrist facing deployment to one of America's war zones, who killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood, the huge Army base in central Texas.
